innovation playground Idris Mooteetag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-13057642015-07-10T20:41:48-04:00Idris Mootee is a global leader in Strategic Innovation and Design Foresight, board advisor, published author and keynote speaker, and visiting professor of strategy. He is CEO of Idea Couture, a global strategic innovation firm and a strategic advisor for several companies.
Most of the posts are often written in airport lounges or late in the evening, appreciate if you can excuse my typos and grammars. This is a personal blog and the content may not necessarily represent the views of the companies I represent.TypePadEven If You See The End Is Coming. You Still Need A Strategy Out. It Is The Time To Think New Game.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01b7c7aca375970b2015-07-10T20:41:48-04:002015-07-13T00:14:09-04:00Almost all companies at some point face some serious crisis. Sometimes it is clear that the end is near or coming and no can see the light at the end of the tunnel, at least not until you see it. Sometimes you know there is a way out but not sure how.Facing with disruptive changes driven by innovative technologies or...IdrisIn Algorithms We Trust. Do We?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01b8d130af1d970c2015-06-30T18:01:03-04:002015-06-30T18:01:27-04:00Let's try to paint a likely not-too-distant future. In this future, everything around us will be managed by algorithms. They manage and recommend what we want to watch; they control traffic of our driver-less cars; they control those drones which deliver our pizza; predict for you which one of your friends will become your future spouse, etc. They will make...IdrisVirtual Reality Is The Next Big Thing. Beyong Shocking And Disruptive. It Will Create Tens Of Billions Of Value. Who Will Win This Game?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01bb08432381970d2015-06-15T17:30:32-04:002015-06-16T17:18:45-04:00The world is becoming crazier and more exciting as Virtual Realities are becoming more real and the lines between our physical world and virtual word are fast becoming blurred. Next year 2016 will be an important year as companies are finally making virtual reality real with only 2 main players participating on the race: HTC/Valve, Facebook/Oculus will be making VR...IdrisThere Is A Difference Between Business Turnaround and Business Transformation. It Is Easy To Tell Which Is Harder.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01b7c795472b970b2015-05-29T14:22:49-04:002015-05-29T14:22:49-04:00All companies go through some kind of crisis at some point but what does it take to get out of it? There aren’t many successful turnarounds in large companies and the bigger the company and the longer the history, the more difficult it is for any turnaround and its success rate is lower. Harley Davidson in mid-life crisis when Richard...IdrisEight Most Common Marketing Mistakes That You Should Avoid Making.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01b7c7788f66970b2015-04-13T19:06:51-04:002015-04-13T20:24:27-04:00Every one is an expert in marketing these days. And with social media, everyone is an ad critic. Not entirely a bad thing, but as marketers you need know how to filter the noise. People need to understand the difference between STRATEGIC MARKETING, MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS and CHANNEL MARKETING. These are three very different things. The first one is strategic and...IdrisRobert Parker's Wine Scoring System Can Be Applied In Business Too.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01b8d0fc87e4970c2015-04-05T19:06:18-04:002015-05-29T18:03:10-04:00Robert Parker is the most widely known and influential wine critic in the world today. His popular wine scoring system was the first simple way to determine the quality of wine. Parker is known for his preference for powerful reds from Napa and the Rhone and has inadvertently made becoming a wine critic almost impossible, since— in part because of...IdrisFive Deadly Mistakes of Organization Transformation That Leaders Must Avoid.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01b8d0f5f5af970c2015-03-27T00:59:42-04:002015-03-27T19:57:27-04:00So you are ready to transform your organization? You want your organization to leapfrog the industry? You want to deliver above industry average growth? And do you know what are the most common mistakes that leaders and even very smart and experienced leaders make? The most common one is sticking with the usual way, the easy way and the proven...IdrisIn The Near Future, Instead of Choosing Between AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile, You Can Also Pick Google or Apple As Your Mobile Carrierstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01b8d0c8264c970c2015-01-25T17:09:37-05:002015-01-27T18:22:59-05:00The US mobile industry has been in a clear state of duopoly with Verizon and AT&T occupying about 70-75% of both consumer and enterprise market. T-Mobile is attempting to disrupt the current status but the impact will not be sustainable although its Uncarrier attack effort is causing a lot of noise. To maintain competition and sustainability for all is a...IdrisDo You Know What A Growth Strategy Is? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01bb07cf7a17970d2014-12-31T17:25:47-05:002015-01-02T08:45:30-05:00This marks the end of another year. A very busy and fruitful year for us. Personally I was on the road for more than 200 days and I need to take a break - perhaps 3 days. What about my New Year's resolution? I need to cut down on drive and email. I need to cut down on attending unprodcutive...IdrisThe Come Back Of Hardware. Is Software Becoming A Commodity?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01b7c70740e9970b2014-11-15T19:54:49-05:002014-11-16T14:39:10-05:00The world is suddenly obsessed with smart technologies and this time around it seems unstoppable. Our everyday electrical and mechanical industrial object will now be occupied and ran by software and connected to the cloud. It also means each object (as small as some smoke detectors and as large as automobiles) will now be equipped with tons of sensors and...IdrisThe Best Kept Secrets Of Breakthrough. Everyone Should Start Practicing Them.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01a73e164fcf970d2014-09-16T07:15:17-04:002014-09-16T07:15:17-04:00Everyone is looking for a breakthrough. The massive shift in generation differences in consumer behavior and rapid technological shift are casuing many companies to fail.... and it will happen fast. Companies that are stuck in their old mental model cannot breakout for many reasons. It is usually a combination of all that causes them to be irrelevant. It includes leadership’s...IdrisLet's Not Confuse Drawing Circles And Arrows With Real Sensemaking.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01b7c6d723da970b2014-09-01T13:52:14-04:002014-09-01T13:52:14-04:00As everything is moving faster and less predictable as it seems while organizations struggling to understand what it means and what options to take and how to land on the right decisions at the right time.The results often are inactions or delayed repsonses that cost companies. Both senior and middle managers’ job include understanding, interpreting and communicating options for executive...IdrisHow Do Breakthroughs Happen? Here's My Little Secrets For Breakthroughs After Helping Executives For Decades..tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01a73dcfea82970d2014-06-01T21:04:48-04:002014-06-01T23:37:59-04:00How do breakthroughs happen? Can they be engineered? Are they pure luck? Or are they the result of skills that we can develop and improve upon over time? Along with the fear of the unknown and the pressure to make it happen, breakthroughs come with an incredible sense of possibility and satisfaction. The experience of uncovering a breakthrough is exhilarating...IdrisStrategy Lessons From The Safari. There Is More Than Just The Survival Of The Fittest.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef01a73d980c11970d2014-03-23T22:30:06-04:002014-03-23T22:50:05-04:00I recently took my strategy and innovation class out of the classroom. Guess where we ended up? A safari or a zoo (whatever you want to call it). What’s a better place that teaching strategy where you can see the survival of the fittest. It was a suggestion from my students. History is filled with examples of animal species with...IdrisChina Is Pushing The Frontiers Of Innovation. It Needs To Move Beyond Just Technological Progress. China Is Behind In Commercialization And It Is A Big Gap To Fill.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8351b44f853ef019b050670a6970d2014-01-20T12:27:42-05:002014-01-20T12:27:42-05:00There were lots of interesting debates about "new thinking around innovation and future development of enterprises in China.” With almost three decades of sustained economic growth and orchestrated government support for advance technology research resulted in a large talent pool (but still not large enough) and many are well trained by foreign univerisities and companies. China has made impressive achievement...Idris